UK's EU Commissioner resigns after 'Brexit'

June 25, 2016 19:49

Britain's most senior diplomat to the European Union, Jonathan Hill, today announced he will step down from the position saying "what is done cannot be undone", a day after his country decided to leave the 28-member bloc.

Hill said he did not believe it was right for him to carry on with his work as the UK's European Commissioner - in charge of financial services at the European Commission.

"I wanted it to end differently and had hoped that Britain would want to play a role in arguing for an outward-looking, flexible, competitive, free trade Europe. But the British people took a different decision, and that is the way that democracy works," the Conservative party peer and a close aide of David Cameron said in a statement.

"I came to Brussels as someone who had campaigned against Britain joining the euro and who was sceptical about Europe. I will leave it certain that, despite its frustrations, our membership was good for our place in the world and good for our economy," he said.

"But what is done cannot be undone and now we have to get on with making our new relationship with Europe work as well as possible," he added. European Commissioners are among the most powerful officials within the EU, based in Brussels, with the ability to make laws across a range of policy areas.

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